Saxon Switzerland National Park Saturday @ TDD - C&C

[kitkat]

I'm back-
Waving to All Busy SHEs!
trissie we saw Michael.

Walked my pup for about 50 minutes - and, it's a good thing as our weather changed very quickly:
thunderstorms, showers, just as I made it to the market. Got nothing, helia...
Did yoga class - I needed it. My hips are stiff...
Did 2X:15 DC, on top of my dresser. (I had a covered box, that contained a bunch of junk...)
Containerized Doggy food.
Made a quick lunch.

Next:
take supplements
make coffee
do work in basement/laundry

[trissie]

Dogged, we will need to start working on the legal stuff. DH agrees that maybe getting a specialized lawyer is a good idea - I mean, I probably don't know all the loopholes that would make the process run smoothly. Yay for the floor staying clean for... how long exactly?
L.Ann, four bushes is a very good start! It's not like you need to get them done overnight!
Geesh, kitkat, i completely forgot I asked you about the movie and was like "they saw Michael? Michael who?"

Onto my last set... everything else will have to wait!

TaDas
- 2nd windowsill box planted
- outside pick up and finishing stuff
- some rose pruning so that the new one will have enough space
- DS off with DH to his scout outing (they have an evening one)
- 30 in the attic
- dinner

ToDos
- evening routine
- 30 on laundry
- feed breadstarter

Braindump
food
- bake something sweet
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for May
- ask for British ETA
cleaning
- strip and remake all beds
- clean out / reorganize attic
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS15's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- review seeding plan for veggie garden
- repot seedlings I bought
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- work in raspberry patch - pruning, fertilizing, replanting
- prune fruit trees - blooming pit fruits
- prune bushes
- prune/tie/shape climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- work on cleaning out the carpool
- work on cleaning out the garage
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
- oiling garden furniture
- fertilize vegetables
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[Doggedly]

WTG on walking the dog and yoga, kitkat.

LOL, so far so good with the floors, trissie. Germane has retired to the bathroom to sleep, so the floors are safe for now. I switched to Swiffer mopping long ago, so I can keep this up as long as she can.
WTG on gardening and even getting work in the attic done.


Saturday
Put on a pot of coffee
Put away dry tshirts and hung more out to dry better
Started putting away dry dishes
Cleaned up after dog
Saw Germane using her pee pad. Went over to praise her.
Grabbed her as she came off of the pee pad and washed her feet thoroughly. Don’t ask.
Cleaned up the area in front of the pee pads.
Picked up three of the pee pads, leaving only one that was face down on the floor.
Came back from the garbage to find Germane on that one face-down pee pad, peeing on the plastic backing
Managed to dump a clean pee pad on top of it before it ran off onto the floor
Picked up the pee pads
Cleaned area around pee pads
Washed the floor
Germane came out and walked everywhere that the floor had been washed.
Germane had no pee pads available, but did not pee on the washed floor. Big win!
Took advantage of the clean floor to lay one of the mats that I bought from the dollar store yesterday. It is springy and cushy and stays in place. Another win.
Scrubbed out sink and basin.
Washed dishes.
Brought out dw
Siphoned old water out
Detailed wash of filters
Loaded cutlery holder
Loaded dw with dog dishes and cutlery
Put away dw cart
Went back to washing dishes.
Found the filters in the drying rack.

[kitkat]

trissie - even funnier:
when I told DH we were going to see Michael, that was his question as well

[Lauralind]

Trissie an estate lawyer was the best thing we ever did. After dad tried a few things on his own and caused himself unneeded stress. She is specialized in cases like mom. Two doctors on board once we get the neurologist finished with the paperwork we can finalize the whole thing and then he can sell. His will is done and filed. We have poa on him now so that won't happen again.

Phew. Well who knew... the zero turn mower makes a pretty good shrub musher. Mowed places I didn't think it would. Now I can find the plants I want to move. And keep that spot between the trees trimmed and do something with it.

And Casper is a mess now I let him free to play in the creek for a bit till he ran off to the neighbors..

Next lunch and to greenhouse

Done by dh or me

Mowing including some new spots
Trimming
Quick till garden
Hauled away a bunch of brush off the flowerbed and under trees


Mowing

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

Trissie, would live in carers be a possible future option for DMIL? Of course it depends how her dementia progresses, and how it affects her. Several older ladies at our church have had dementia. A was happy living in her own world, and was able to stay home for a long time, with help. PK was also happy and was still enjoying her garden right up to the end - she had live in carers and that worked well. However, PS had a tendency to wander ( is it called sundowning?) and would let herself out in the small hours of the morning, not always appropriately clothed and go for a walk round the estate. Fortunately she always seemed to time these excursions with the return of our shift working neighbours, who took her home. It got too much for her DH, even with a carer, and she ended up in a very nice home, where she promptly forgot she had been vegetarian for 60 years! The last was AP, and that was really sad, as the dementia changed her personality, and she became very nasty to her poor DH. She eventually went to a home when her needs became too great to be cared for at home. I do think you're very wise to engage a specialist lawyer, so everything is covered.

FFB, I'm glad you have a lovely time with Daisy and family. The block of butter is for DF E. She forgot to put it on her list before she went shopping, and her helper didn't realise she needed some. Anyway, she has some current loaf and some scones that really need butter to go with them, so she rang yesterday and asked if I would bring her some butter. (She is 100 yo, and her mobility isnt very good, so she can't really just pop to the shops herself.)

Helia, yes, you're right, and MJ is my wonderful handyman. The cupboard was finished some time ago ( that took a couple of visits, as Matilda managed to find her way into the blocked off part, something that didn't occur to either of us! So he nailed on a board over the small gap to stop her!) Today's visit was to put new glass in one of the panes of our patio door. ( The old pane had "blown" so we were getting condensation between the panes. . Bit the frame and the opening / closing mechanism are still in good shape, so we just had the glass replaced, not the frame. )

KitKat, I can totally understand not getting much done while the DGKids are visiting. They're only small for a short time though, so it's nice you're able to spend time with them.

Laura, I'm glad you were able to sort out this weekend. My roses have started flowering now, and they are joining the foxgloves, forget-me-nots and California poppies.

L.Ann, are those bushes the ones you have to lean out of the window to trim? If so, I'm not surprised you're not enthusiastic about the job!

Dogged, artificial greenery sounds the way to go your balcony. Maximum impact, minimal upkeep! Matilda's other achievement was somehow getting into the Instagram app on my phone, and selecting a cat video (playing at full volume, of course!) I have No Idea how she managed that!

Today has been successful. MJ has replaced the pane in the patio door, so that's another house job off the list. I managed some time picking up bits in my front garden in between showers. Fred also had another walk (also in between showers!) And I've tackled my to do list. I've finally finished annotating the map, scanned it and attached it to the email, and sent that to SR, with a copy to MM. It's taken several weeks, but it's done! Jude and Matilda have both had their nails cut, a brush and their flea control. And I've done that little sewing job on the neck of my dress. So, individually all small jobs, but they add up.

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and treats with Matilda, Freddie and Jude
QT
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Make bed
Scoop cat trays and give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Wind clock
Quick PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Lunch
Cats' supper
Our supper
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake coffee slab cake
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow - she rang me yesterday, I'm going to see her and take her a block of butter
Towels in machine
Towels hung up to dry
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
MJ here to change glass in patio door
Remember to take a block of butter for DF E tomorrow
Put the Girls in the bedroom while MJ is here
Put Fred in the kitchen (he often feels "threatened" by the presence of another male in the house, so he needs to be in a room with no soft furnishings, just in case!!!!
Kitty nails? J + M
Map for email for.SR, cc relevant councillor


Garden extras:
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[kitkat]

It's incredible... literally, all my friends are going through similar situations trissie...
that you find the advice and the help you need.
Yay for clean floors Dogged
Lauralind do you bathe Casper yourself? Must be a BIG job.
Kittykatt so true - they are little only for a short while. You must be happy to have the door finished.
I like LAnn's 20 min. reading session

Haven't seen Bama hope she is doing ok w her DH

prepared snacks for freezer (for pup)
played "find it" game with her.
gave her treats:)
cleared path in basement
started cleaning cycle in washing machine
wrote B-day card

Next:
make myself more presentable (still in yoga wear...)
let out DD's ddog
go to DGD's party

See you in a bit

[L.Ann]

Too bad there was only one reading session, KitKat. I am tired. Hoping a bit of quiet will reenergize me! Sounds like a productive day, kittykatt and yes it includes the bush I need to hang out the window to reach. Hi Dogged.

1-put screen back in window
2-final touch ups in kitchen
3-finish chapter in nonfiction book

4-diet sites

Menus
Sunday-left overs
Monday-middle Eastern chickpea bowls
Tuesday-turkey burgers with salad or roasted veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-blackened salmon with veggies
Friday-dinner out
Saturday-sweet turkey chili lettuce wraps
Sunday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese with rice and zucchini

Events
Sunday-
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with college roommate@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out @8:30 (Little Bit haircut@5:30)
Wednesday-Little Bit graduation @10(no Little Bit), DD33 PS 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-6:30, bocce DD33@4:30 (library storytime or museum craft time)
Friday-Hopkins


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen, dust, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning of dining room- polish furniture, wash woodwork, scrub floor, wash door
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-Little Bit dressed, breakfasted, packed to go and ready for soccer
-Little Bit’s doll dressed in her cheer outfit for soccer
-breakfast for dog and coffee for me
-chat with Little Bit’s parents
-breakfast for me
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-start laundry
-walk a mile
-errands- bird seed, bank, Farmers Market
-lunch and clean kitchen
-shower help if needed for DD33
-laundry reboot
-walk
-refill bird feeders
-read for 20 minutes
-errands with DD33- Amish, CVS
-wash dining room window
-wash screen and water flowers
-declutter game cabinet
-dinner prepped, eaten and kitchen cleaned

[Lauralind]

Kitkat nope.. I can't bathe Casper. His samoyed coat is mostly self cleaning it sheds the dirt. I desperately need to book him at the groomer he's showing signs to blow his coat. Then she bathes him and blows him out.

Kittykat that sounds beautiful. So umm I know you're probably done for night now. Tomorrow.. I have a couple planting questions for the resident gardening expert. Can I still plant perrenial flower seeds outside? Delphiniums . Lupins . The like? I should have probably started them in the house a while ago right ? I know your climate is different too. Other question. It still freezes here for a couple weeks. Not every night. Perrenial plants jumped in my tray at the greenhouse. Bee balm. Bleeding heart. A poppy. And black eyed Susan I think. I should probably wait a little longer to put them in the bed? Or will they withstand a little frost before they're rooted? Any specific instructions for success? I remade this bed last summer. Similar to what I had before we built the house. I had all these before. Actually I think with the monks hood and loose strife and lady's mantle. Plus a few annuals... it might be full

Oh my goodness I am tired tho. And I did not follow flylady instructions. She always said do basic routines and kitchen before outside... haha two meals on the counter and groceries to put away. A combo of music books and plant mess on the table. Washer is running. Dw is running. And I have got to keep going. Water everything I bought. Whack this giant coleus back and make a nice one for outside. Groceries away and clean up the table at least. Oh and finish sweeping. It's 5 already. We ate at almost 4. Something small later.

Oh and I didn't do any music prep yet...

Some of it is guaranteed to run into tomorrow. But outside looks so much better.